Chapter 103 Reasons and Plans

"Qiangzi, your gun?"

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang coming back with a long-barreled gunpowder rifle on his back, her eyes narrowed slightly and then she asked hurriedly.

"Oh! This gun was temporarily lent to me by Uncle Lu."

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly explained and recounted what had happened before.

After that, he hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Auntie, why would Uncle Fu want an outsider like me to be the production team leader? Isn't he afraid that everyone will have objections?"

Although the reason Xu Guangfu gave was that he felt that he was a cautious person with a smart mind, he still instinctively felt that something was not right.

You know, the production team leader in those days held a lot of power, and he was an outsider, so even if it was rotated, it would not be his turn so soon!

"Ah!"

After hearing this, Qu Yinfeng was happy, and then she said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "Aren't you usually quite smart? How come you can't even understand this?"

"The reason is actually very simple, he just took a fancy to you!"

"You fancy me?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then quickly asked: "What does he like about me?"

"I like you!"

Qu Yinfeng raised her eyebrows, then smiled mischievously: "I guess you don't know yet! Your uncle Fu has a little girl who works as a broadcaster in Majiadian Commune!"

"And, most importantly, his little girl is already 23 years old and still hasn't found a partner."

"In the past, your uncle Fu had asked people to introduce her to potential partners, but she didn't like any of them. She either thought they were uneducated or ugly. Your uncle Fu was so worried that his hair almost fell out."

"Now he happens to meet a young man like you who is kind, righteous, educated, and handsome. Do you think he will be interested in you?"

Li Guoqiang: “.”

what is this?
Does this mean that the mother-in-law likes her son-in-law more and more the more she looks at him?

No wonder Xu Guangfu wasn't worried about the opposition from everyone! It turned out that they wanted to make him their own man!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel amused, and then couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then isn't Uncle Fu worried that his daughter and I won't be together?"

"What's there to worry about?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng immediately said with a look of disapproval: "It is still several months before the next election of our production brigade. If you really can't make it, then at most he will just do his job and submit your name for everyone to vote."

"If you are selected, it will be your ability. If you are not selected, it is not his fault!"

"That's true!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then quickly asked, "So, do you think I should be the correspondent?"

"Don't ask me about this matter. The most important thing is to see what you think!"

Qu Yinfeng waved her hand, then replied softly, "Also, you'd better ask your uncle Fu first whether you can get work points for being a correspondent."

"If you can't record work points, then being a correspondent is just a hard job for yourself."

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately understood what Qu Yinfeng meant and made a decision in an instant.

In fact, after he knew that Xu Guangfu wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law, he no longer planned to be a correspondent.

The reason why he asked Qu Yinfeng's opinion was that he wanted to know what the local villagers like Qu Yinfeng thought of the position of correspondent. At the same time, he also wanted to find a better reason to turn down this job.

As a result, Qu Yinfeng just happened to think of a good reason for him, which made him feel much less worried.

Afterwards, he didn't say anything else. He just said hello to Qu Yinfeng, carried his gun and went to the back mountain, found a relatively remote place, and continued to practice his shooting.

Before long, he fired 66 bullets in a row and successfully upgraded his marksmanship skills to the L6 (0/1000) level.

At the moment when his shooting skills broke through, many shooting techniques and experiences suddenly emerged in his mind.

Then, he skillfully reloaded the gun with ammunition with both hands, and then held the gun seemingly casually, aimed at a small branch nearly a hundred meters away, and gently pulled the trigger.

With a loud bang, the small branch broke instantly, then fell quickly to the ground, splashing a cloud of snow.

Seeing this scene, the corner of his mouth curled up into a very satisfied smile, and a sense of pride surged in his heart, as if he had the power to rule the world with a gun in his hand.

Although his current marksmanship is still far inferior to those sniper rifle masters in the army, it is enough for him to run rampant in the mountains and forests.

At the same time, he also discovered a small surprise.

或许是因为他把枪法提升到了L6的层次，所以在不知不觉间，已经让狩猎技能从L2（29/100）直接提升到了L4（86/100）的层次。

In this way, perhaps it won’t be long before he can improve his hunting skills to L6 and become an experienced hunter.

By then, he will not only be able to learn many unique hunting techniques without a teacher, but also know the living habits and behavioral intentions of various prey.

If he were to meet that lone wolf again, he would only need to take a glance to know what it was like, what it wanted to do, and how to deal with it.

And this is the magic of Jin Daddy.

Soon, he returned home with his gun on his back, looking forward to going into the mountains for winter hunting the next day.

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang coming back, she hurriedly asked him to wash his hands and face and go to the kang to eat.

When Xu Dani saw Li Guoqiang come into the room and get on the kang, she immediately sat down next to him with the radio in her arms, and then shared with him the content of the broadcast she had heard today.

This scene was seen by Qu Yinfeng who was serving dishes. She couldn't help but scold him, "Listen, listen, you have been listening to the radio from morning till night and have done nothing. If you dare to do this again tomorrow, I will teach you a lesson!"

After saying that, she placed the dishes on the kang table and confiscated the radio.

Seeing this, Xu Dani pouted her lips slightly, and her eyes quickly filled with tears. Then she looked up at Li Guoqiang pitifully, hoping that he could help her get the radio back.

"Okay, okay, stop crying!"

Seeing Xu Dani like this, Li Guoqiang quickly reached out and picked her up and put her on his lap, then spoke softly to comfort her: "Your grandma is right, even if the radio is good, we can't listen to it all the time!"

"Just like we need to sleep at night, the radio also needs to rest! Otherwise, it will easily break down!"

"If it breaks, we won't be able to listen to the radio anymore!"

Hearing this, Xu Dani was startled, then hurriedly shook her head and said, "Then Dani won't listen anymore. Dani, don't listen to it anymore in the future!" "That's right!"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then nodded approvingly and said, "Dani is so good! Then go wash your hands quickly and come back to eat!"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Dani hurriedly reached out to wipe away her tears, then quickly got off the kang and ran to the outer room to get hot water to wash her hands.

When Qu Yinfeng saw this situation, she couldn't help but reveal a relieved smile on her face.

Soon, Xu Dani ran back and sat opposite Qu Yinfeng, eating obediently without even looking at the radio on the kang cabinet, for fear that if she looked at it a few more times, the radio would be tired.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was delighted, then he quickly picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised duck meat and put it into his mouth.

Since everyone in the village knows that he can go into the mountains and hunt rabbits, he doesn't have to worry about anyone accidentally smelling the meat when he cooks meat at home.

In addition, he had told Qu Yinfeng before that he needed sufficient nutrition for his daily martial arts training, so Qu Yinfeng would basically cook a meat dish every day for him to enjoy.

At the same time, this also reduced the paleness on Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani's faces. I believe that after some time, they will be able to slowly recover their bodies that have been in poor health for many years.

After dinner, Li Guoqiang first chatted with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani for a while, and asked about the winter hunting situation in the village in previous years. Then he went to get a basin of hot water to wash his body.

It has been more than half a month since he came here, and he still hasn't had a good bath.

Although he washed his feet and scrubbed his body every day, he didn't know if it was psychological or not, but he always felt that he was a little dirty.

Before, because he was always busy improving his physical fitness and various important skills, he had never had time to solve the problem of bathing.

Now that the important things have been done, it is time to consider how to improve the quality of life.

Among them, in addition to solving the problem of taking a bath, the most important thing is going to the toilet.

Nowadays, whether in the city or in the countryside, there are basically dry toilets.

Every time you go to the toilet, not only will you smell a foul odor, but you also have to pay attention to your feet at all times, because if you are not careful you might step on your own or someone else's poop.

Therefore, in order to make yourself feel better when going to the toilet in the future, it is very necessary to find a way to solve this problem.

As for how to solve the problem, his initial idea was to use stones, wooden boards and soil to dig a pit outside the yard, build a septic tank, then dig a ditch to connect it, and lay small stones and bamboo strips in the ditch to make a sewage channel.

In this way, he only needs to squat on the sewer to go to the toilet, and then flush the sewer with water.

As for the problem of taking a bath, he immediately thought of two solutions.

One way is to find someone to learn carpentry skills, and then build a large wooden barrel for bathing.

Another way is to spend money to buy a large clay jar from the county.

However, whether it is to solve the problem of going to the toilet or taking a bath, another house needs to be built.

After all, he couldn't go to the toilet or take a bath in front of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani, right?
Therefore, before that, he had to find someone to learn how to build a wooden house, and by the way, he also had to ask where he could get larger pieces of wood or bamboo.

You have to know that these days the trees and bamboos in the mountains belong to the collective, and individuals cannot cut them down at will.

Otherwise, Qu Yinfeng wouldn't have to go into the mountains to collect firewood so hard on weekdays. She could just take an axe and chop down trees. Just chopping down a few big trees would be enough for the family to use for a while.

After planning what to do next, Li Guoqiang quickly poured the water and went to bed.

In the blink of an eye, it was early morning of the next day.

Considering that he needed to go into the mountains to participate in winter hunting this morning, Li Guoqiang woke up early. Then, as usual, he first practiced the health-preserving breathing method, the True Five Animals Exercises and Xingyiquan. Then he hurriedly finished his breakfast, carried his gun to Xu Guanglu's home, and handed the hundred yuan for buying the gun and bullets to Xu Guanglu.

Xu Guanglu took the money without saying anything, and immediately took Li Guoqiang to the threshing ground.

At this time, more than a hundred people had already gathered in the threshing ground. It could be said that except for the elderly, children and those in the village who were not physically fit to participate in winter hunting activities, almost everyone else was there.

Among them, only more than 30 people belonged to the militia company, and more than ten were young girls and wives.

They stood in three rows with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, holding muskets, swords, javelins, etc. in their hands, looking quite powerful.

Others stood behind them, holding wooden sticks, gongs, shovels, forks, spades, ropes, baskets, etc.

Li Guoqiang swept his eyes through the crowd and soon saw Shang Xiuzhen, Shao Ruian and others standing at the back of the crowd, pulling several sleds with water bottles, dry food, flags and other miscellaneous supplies on them.

At this time, Luo Weixiong, who was standing in the crowd, also saw Li Guoqiang following Xu Guanglu, and hurriedly waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Brother Qiang, Brother Qiang, we are here!"

Hearing this, Shang Xiuzhen, Shao Ruian and others immediately looked towards Li Guoqiang, and soon saw Li Guoqiang waving at them, then carrying a long-barreled musket, and walked directly into the front militia team with Xu Guanglu.

This scene instantly shocked them, and some of them couldn't understand why Li Guoqiang had a gun and why he joined the militia.
Then, before they could figure out these problems, they heard Xu Guanglu shouting to Xu Guangfu at the front of the team: "Report to the captain, all the members of the militia company of the Jinshanbao Production Brigade have assembled, please give instructions!"

"it is good!"

Xu Guangfu nodded upon hearing this, and then spoke loudly: "Today is our Jinshanbao Production Brigade's annual winter hunting activity. The purpose is to drive away the wild beasts in the mountains so that they dare not come down the mountain to harm people."

"Next, everyone must obey the command of the militia company commander Xu Guanglu and carry out winter hunting activities in an organized and disciplined manner."

"If anyone dares to act on his own, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Did you hear that clearly?"

"Listen clearly!"

Soon, under the leadership of Xu Guanglu, the militia burst into a loud response.

Others also spoke up to express their understanding.

"Ok!"

Seeing this, Xu Guangfu nodded with satisfaction, then whispered, "Guanglu, you can lead your men out now!"

"Roger that!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guanglu immediately agreed loudly, then turned around, faced the militia, and shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone, turn left and march in unison!"

Hearing this, the militiamen hurriedly turned around and marched towards the back mountain.

The others followed behind, forming a long queue.

(End of this chapter)